Meet Our Team

Co-Directors

Jocelyn Silvester , MD, PhD

Co-Director, Celiac Disease Program; Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Dascha Weir , MD

Co-Director, Celiac Disease Program; Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Alan Leichtner , MD, MSHPEd

Chief Education Officer; Director of the Department of Education, Boston Children’s Hospital; Director Emeritus, Celiac Disease Program
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Physicians

Denis Chang , MD, MS

Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nan Du , MD, MPH

Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Randi G. Pleskow , MD

Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nurses

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Alyssa Lavoie

Staff Nurse

Dietitians

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Shayna Bedingfield

Clinical Nutrition Specialist II

Social Workers

Eileen Polasky , MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Conditions Center; Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Education